2019 Japan Cup (handball)

The 2019 Japan Cup was a women's handball tournament held in Shibuya Tokyo, Japan at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium between 21–24 November, organised by the Japan Handball Association as preparation for the home team for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship and as a test event for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

2019 Japan Cup
Tournament details
Host country Japan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21–24 November
Teams4 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions France[1][2]
Runner-up Slovenia
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored328 (54.67 per match)

Results edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  France 3 3 0 0 94 66 28 6
  Slovenia 3 1 1 1 82 90 –8 3
  Brazil 3 1 0 2 79 88 –9 2
  Japan 3 0 1 2 73 84 –11 1

Round robin edit

All times are local (UTC+09:00).

November 21
17:30
France   33–22   Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Four players 4 (16–7) Vieira 5
  5×  Report  1× 
November 21
20:00
Japan   28–28   Slovenia Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Fujita, Ohyama 5 (14–13) Gros 10
  2×  Report   3× 

November 23
17:30
Brazil   29–33   Slovenia Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
de Paula 6 (16–15) Gros, Stanko 8
 2×  Report   4× 
November 23
20:00
Japan   23–28   France Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Ohyama 4 (11–15) N'Gouan 7
  3×  Report   4× 

November 24
17:30
Japan   22–28   Brazil Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Kawata 5 (14–18) Cardoso 5
 3×  Report  5× 
November 24
20:00
Slovenia   21–33   France Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Vucko 6 (9–15) Lacrabere 6
 6×  Report   5×  1× 

Final standing edit

Rank Team
    France
2   Slovenia
3   Brazil
4   Japan

References edit

  1. ^ "HANDBALL – JAPAN CUP : LES BLEUES TERMINENT AVEC UN FESTIVAL". sport365.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Handball : les Bleues montent en puissance à une semaine du Mondial". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. ^ "FRANCE WIN TOKYO 2020 TEST EVENT". ihf.info. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

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